Turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo) is an important poultry species reared mainly for meat production. It was introduced at Parwanipur in January 2001 from CARI, India by importing 200 fertilized eggs. The study was conducted at RARS, Parwanipur during April to December 2002 in one hundred and twelve day old turkey poults with four replications to know the production performance under ordinary management condition. Similar feed and management were provided to all experimental birds. Daily feed intake, mortality and weekly weight gain were recorded from day old to 34 weeks of age. Four male and 3 female at 16 week and one male and one female at 24 weeks of age were slaughtered for carcass yields…………

Turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo) is an important poultry species reared mainly for meat production. It was introduced at Parwanipur in January 2001 from CARI, India by importing 200 fertilized eggs. The study was conducted at RARS, Parwanipur during April to December 2002 in one hundred and twelve day old turkey poults with four replications to know the production performance under ordinary management condition. Similar feed and management were provided to all experimental birds. Daily feed intake, mortality and weekly weight gain were recorded from day old to 34 weeks of age. Four male and 3 female at 16 week and one male and one female at 24 weeks of age were slaughtered for carcass yields…………